Drag pan



DRAG PAN\ Filed July 30,1940 2 sheets-sheet 1 7' V W, W Inventor a lo EdWa-ri '1 I've; e 7 Pa."/me.v (a; e la." 4 199 3. 3736:

Attorney Feb. 24, 1942. LIVESEY ETAL 2,273,875

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By QM A ttorney Inventor- I Patented :Feb. '24, 1942 UNITED DRAG m Edward Livesey, Raleigh, and Palmer Copeland,

Apex,

I Application July so, 1940, Serial No. 348,472

4 2 Claims. This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in drag pans and more particuy larly to drag pans especially adapted for use in conjunction with 1940 model Ford tractors.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a drag pan adapted for use in conjunction with tractors having hydraulic lift means, to the end that the pan can be readily controlled by a single man.

. Another important object of the invention is to. provide a drag pan adapted for use in conjunction with tractors equipped with hydraulic lift means wherein the drag pan isconstructed in such a manner as to permit operation thereof in a convenient and substantially effortless manner by the operator of the tractor. v Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of the drag pan shown connected to a tractor.

Figure 215 asectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure l. v

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the coupling.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary top plan view. Figure 5 is a longitudinal fragmentary. sectional view through the pan. j o Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that the pan consists of side walls 5-5 connected by a back wall 6. Numeral 1 denotes a releasable'bot-' tom, the same having trunnions Ldisposed into sockets 9 at the forward inner sides of the side 35 walls 5. The forward edge portion of the bottom 1 is provided with a curved cutter blade l0. while the other end of the bottom I is provided with a pair of headed keepers II with which the bevel headed latch members l2 fixed to a shaft 49 I3 are engageable to hold the bottom-1 in elevated position. The shaft I3 is disposed through bearings ll on the outside of the rear wall 6. v

and an arm l5 rises from the shaft l3 and has an eye It at its upper end through which can he slid a control rope or the like [1. A coiled com:-..

pression spring I! is interposed between the wall 6 and the arm l5, maintaining the arm with the catch members It engaged with the keep-.

dependingupon the length of the rod and sleeve 20 desired. This-connection I9, 20 permits adequate adjustment and sufllcient play to' withstand sudden shock. Further, this connection I9, 20 permits the rearward tilting of the bowl as soon as the blade is raised far enough to be out of contact with the ground. The rear end of the rod I! has a head 24 and this has a pin 25 extending therethrough and also through oflset end portions of the link bars 26-26 and 21-21. The link bars "are connected by a bridge member 28 and they are pivotally secured as at 28 to the inner side of the walls-I. The side walls 5-5 are/provided with inwardly disposed studs tractors which has link members extending therefrom to pivotally connect to intermediate portions of the arms 32 as at 36.

As shown in Figures 1 and 3, the sleeve has an extension, 31 fulcrumed as at 38 on the head -39'of the conventional master control spring lll such as is found on 1940 model Ford tractors and devised to measure reaction of forces, applied to compression links by soil engaging parts of the implement. i

It can now be seen that by operation of the hydraulically controlled member 34, the pan can be elevated with a load therein and the tractor pan moved to a point where the contents of the pan is to be deposited, By simply pulling on the line I! the bottom can be released.

A heel la is provided at the free end of the bottom which in striking the ground facilitates closing the bottom.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described theinvention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In combination with a tractor having 'a power lift, a drag pan provided with a releasable bottom opening in a rearward direction, a blade at the forward edge of the pan, thrust arms pivotally connected to side portions of the pan forwardly of the center of gravity thereof, a slidable connection between the upper ends of the thrust arms andthe tractor, a pair of pivotal arms connect to the pan, and a link member extending from the power lift to the said pivotal link members, and brace members extending from the upper portions of the'thrust arms to the rearward portion oi the pan.

2. In combination with a tractor having a.

power lift, a drag pan provided with a releasable bottom opening in a rearward direction, a blade at the forward edge of the pan, thrust arms pivotally connected to side portions of the pan forwardly of the center of gravity thereof, a slidableconnection between the upper ends pf the thrust arms and the tractona pair of pivotal links having their forward ends pivotally connected to the tractor and their rearward endspivotally connected to the pan at the side portions thereof and at points where the thrust arms connect to the pan, and a link member extending from the power lift to the said pivotal link members, and brace members extending from the upper portions of the thrust arms to the rearward portion of the pan, and a shoe depending from the rearward portion of the releasable bottom to cause tilting of the pan and biting of the v blade into the earthwhen the pan is lowered.

EDWARD LIVESEY. PALMER COPELAND. 

